Student Handbook 2013 - Merced College
Student Handbook 2013 - Merced College
Student Handbook 2013 - Merced College
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M. Visitors<br />
The student will not entertain visitors (personal and/or classmates not assigned<br />
to facility) in the Diagnostic Imaging Department/Sonography Department<br />
anytime without specific permission from the respective personnel.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s are not allowed to bring guests into the classroom/laboratory without<br />
specific permission from the instructor of record. It is against school policy to<br />
bring children to class or leave them unattended on school grounds while the<br />
student is in class.<br />
When scanning visitors/volunteers during open skills labs the following policies<br />
must be followed:<br />
No one under the age of 18<br />
No pregnant volunteers<br />
No volunteers with known disease processes<br />
No suggestion or hint of a questionable disease process will be<br />
addressed; this is out of your scope of practice<br />
No endocavitary applications<br />
No breast, scrotal, or penile sonographic scans will be generated on a<br />
human; simulations may be completed with phantoms or with simulation<br />
equipment<br />
M. Positioning Disclaimer<br />
In the course of learning about sonographic scanning and positioning<br />
(classes/labs/demonstrations and/or practice) students will be touched by faculty<br />
and fellow students and scanned with an external sonographic transducer by<br />
faculty or fellow students in areas that are routinely used as scanning landmarks<br />
and windows.<br />
N. Background Clearance<br />
A background clearance will be required upon acceptance into the program. This<br />
includes a criminal offense, criminal history, sex offender check and social<br />
security trace. A background clearance means that your background report is<br />
free from negative information. Negative information (charges & disposition &<br />
sentencing, including probation) can remain on your report for up to seven years.<br />
mybackgroundcheck.com<br />
P.O. Box 492770<br />
Redding, CA 96049<br />
www.mybackgroundcheck.com<br />
Any clinical facility may require a current background clearance. It will be the<br />
students’ responsibility to pay for any additional screening required by the clinical<br />
facility for student placement.<br />
O. Drug Screening<br />
A drug screening will be required upon acceptance into the program. Failure to<br />
pass this screening may cancel admission to the program. Any clinical facility<br />
may require a current drug screen. This is the financial responsibility of the<br />
student.<br />
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